Nearly unstoppable! There are many words and phrases that could describe the run Todd Pletcher is on a fifth of the way through the 2015 Saratoga Race Course meeting. Red Rifle’s 2 ½-length win over War Dancer in the Bowling Green emphasized not only the depth and strength of Pletcher’s stable, but the gelding’s own …
With four horses lined up across the course in the stretch, Red Rifle emerged from the two path and drew off to a clear victory in the $250,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) Aug. 1 at Saratoga Race Course. Watch Video With Javier Castellano showing the way, Twin Creeks Racing Stables homebred Red Rifle moved into the two path at mid-stretch, …
Saratoga Mischief wins his debut in style while setting the 5th fastest dirt figure of any 2yr old to date this year finishing the 5-1/2 furlongs in 104 ! 5th-SAR, $83,000, Msw, 7-25, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.23, ft. +SARATOGA MISCHIEF (c, 2, Into Mischief–Pacific Destiny, by Mr. Greeley), a $220,000 KEENOV weanling that developed into a …
Red Rifle secured his first stakes victory of the 2015 season when he rallied on the outside to win the $150,000 Dominion Day Stakes (Can-III) July 1 at Woodbine. Watch Video With the 1 1/4-length victory, Twin Creeks Racing Stables home-bred Red Rifle ended a four-race skid that dated back to his clear victory in last year’s Hawthorne Gold Cup …
It’s over! Horse racing’s 37-year affair with frustration has ended.American Pharoah lit up Belmont Park with a wire-to-wire victory in the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. In doing so, the 3-year-old colt ended the longest drought in Triple Crown history, 37 years, since Affirmed in 1978. And he proved that, indeed, this …
Twin Creeks Racing Stables’Red Rifle, a long-winded son of Giant’s Causeway , may fire his best shot June 5 in the $250,000 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational Stakes. The two-mile Gold Cup, run on the Widener Turf Course the day before the six grade I-race card on Belmont Stakes day at Belmont Park, has drawn a field of 10. It …
The first crop of foals for Graydar are here and everyone is talking about them! Breeders have been singing their praise and the positive reactions have translated into another great book of quality mares for his 2015 season. Taylor Made Stallions has set up a Foal Photo Album on their website displaying some of the …
Constitution,winner of the Donn Handicap (gr. I) Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park, has been ruled out of the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) March 28 at Meydan Racecourse because of heat and soreness in his left shin. The 4-year-old son of Tapit ‘s injury was discovered March 8 at Palm Beach Downs. “After breezing him on Saturday, …
Twin Creeks Racing Stables and WinStar Farm’s Constitution notched his second grade I victory Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park and made an impressive 4-year-old debut, taking the $500,000 Donn Handicap (gr. I) wire-to-wire while holding off 2014 Donn winner Lea.c Twin Creeks Racing Stables has been a force the last 4 years in the Donn H. Graydar won the …
Bob Fortus, Fair Grounds DRF NEW ORLEANS – After launching a powerful rally from midpack, Notte d’Oro outfought Eden Prairie in the final furlong to win the $60,000 Marie Krantz Memorial Handicap by a length Saturday at Fair Grounds. Ridden by James Graham for trainer Mike Stidham and the Twin Creeks Racing Stable, Notte d’Oro, making …
